Thesaurus:nighttime

English

Noun

Sense: the period of ambient darkness between sunset and sunrise

NB: When the Sun is below the horizon.

Synonyms
  • night
  • nightertale (obsolete)
  • nighttide
  • nighttime
  • scotoperiod, skotoperiod (biology)
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Meronyms
  • compline (historical, Christianity)
  • vigil (historical, Christianity)
  • matins (historical, Christianity)
Holonyms
Comeronyms

Further reading

  • “126. evening” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “421. darkness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “nighttime” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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